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Category Archives: Writing

From time to time, we’ll be doing round-ups of competitions that are free to enter and that Indian writers are eligible to participate in. This is our first list for 2017. 1. TOI Write India Season 2 Contest 2017: Times of … Continue reading →

There are many opinions about creative writing courses. Does a real writer need a course at all? The argument goes that if engineering students can study engineering and artists can study art, then why not writing? A course in writing … Continue reading →

You may have written a book. That is hard enough, but what do you think about rewriting? The very idea of rewriting a manuscript that you may have spent months or even years on daunting. But the truth of the … Continue reading →

If you have a single good character that could be the driving force of your story. So how do you create a good character? First think of the characters you admire. They could be characters you have watched on TV … Continue reading →

Good fiction is 30% dialogue. So how do write good dialogue? Listen To write a good dialogue, you need to be a good listener. Haven’t you seen the artist with his sketch pad who sits at a café and sketches … Continue reading →

The plot is the masterpiece of a novel. It’s the hidden scaffolding on which a writer builds his palce. So how do you make a good one? What the masters wrote: You must of heard of Joseph Campbell’s archetypes. Go … Continue reading →

Despite the stereotypical image, a writer of books is not always a recluse or an eccentric person. Books give expression to many different kinds of talents and purposes. Here are five types of books beyond fiction and poetry that people … Continue reading →

Many times those of you are in the business of writing worry about making that word count. ‘How will I write 80,000 words?’ is a question you ask yourself. What you really ought to worry about though is how you … Continue reading →

A bestseller could be defined as a book that sells at least 10,000 copies every year. Any book genre can be a bestseller, but there are some books that sell more than others. Education Books: Yes, this is number one … Continue reading →

For people whose native tongue is an Indian language, it is difficult to write error-free English. Even those who speak English all the time but live in India cannot avoid the Indian-ness that seeps into their language, both spoken and … Continue reading →